Fates Parallel Vol. 2 by DarkTechnomancer

Author:DarkTechnomancer [DarkTechnomancer]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2021-12-05T05:00:00+00:00

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Their progress was painfully slow, both in the crafting project and in Jia’s spiritual resistance training. After over a week of daily practice, Jia had only barely learned how to sense the effects of Eunae’s gaze before it took hold of her. She had been surprised to find that it seemed to be a form of domain, though she wasn’t able to figure out much more than that—once it took hold of her mind she forgot it entirely, and it was only through careful meditation that she could painstakingly analyze her memory of the attempt.

She recalled a conversation she had once shared with Dae about the differences between subjective and objective memory, and how the latter required exponentially greater mental capacity. She wondered if the advancements in her domain would be enough for her to attempt it—even if she only managed to get a few moments, it would be extremely beneficial to be able to remember things as they happened, instead of how she experienced them.

Normally, even third-stage mages found it difficult to perfectly recall an experience objectively, but normal third-stage mages didn’t have domains, either. Lee Jia didn’t want to get too arrogant, so she reminded herself that Magus Hwang had described the benefits of her unique cultivation style as a ‘half-stage’ advantage. Still, even if it was just for a tiny moment, she felt compelled to make the attempt.

That would have to come later, though—at the moment, she was busy trying to figure out leatherworking. She and Eui had stitched together and thrown out dozens of attempts each at making simple little things for practice—and wasted a small fortune in materials doing it.

They had three problems. First, they really had no idea what they were doing, learning all the crafting techniques from scratch without a teacher. Second, they wanted to try creating something together, but weren’t really sure how two people working on a single artistic expression would even work. And last, they weren’t really sure how to translate their introspection into a physical object. Eui presented a possible solution to Jia.

"You’re thinking too much. Obviously, actually understanding yourself will require some deep thought and meditation, but the creation part should be intuitive. We have our domains, right? They’re supposed to be an extension of ourselves, so if we focus on them and just create whatever comes to mind, it should be fine."

Jia eyed Eui skeptically.

"I’ve relied on my intuition for a lot of things, but I don’t see how that’s going to work here. Shouldn’t we at least have some kind of basic idea of what we’re trying to make?"

"No, I don’t think so. That’s what everyone else did—they immediately decided what would represent them and set out to make that. But I think this is as much about self-discovery as it is about self-expression. Part of the point is that we’re not supposed to know what we’re going to make until we make it."

It sounded pretty strange to Jia. It was complicated, esoteric, and

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